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1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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The LORD said to Moses,
2 Speak to the Israelites, and get twelve staffs from them, one for each ancestral house, from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man's name on his staff,
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"Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them rods, one for each fathers' house, from all their leaders according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods. Write each man's name upon his rod,
3 and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
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and write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each fathers' house.
4 Place them in the tent of meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
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Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
5 And the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout; thus I will put a stop to the complaints of the Israelites that they continually make against you.
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And the rod of the man whom I choose shall sprout; thus I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the people of Israel, which they murmur against you."
6 Moses spoke to the Israelites; and all their leaders gave him staffs, one for each leader, according to their ancestral houses, twelve staffs; and the staff of Aaron was among theirs.
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Moses spoke to the people of Israel; and all their leaders gave him rods, one for each leader, according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7 So Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the covenant.
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And Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.
8 When Moses went into the tent of the covenant on the next day, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted. It put forth buds, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
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And on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.
9 Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his staff.
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Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the people of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.
10 And the Lord said to Moses, "Put back the staff of Aaron before the covenant, to be kept as a warning to rebels, so that you may make an end of their complaints against me, or else they will die."
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, lest they die."
11 Moses did so; just as the Lord commanded him, so he did.
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Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so he did.
12 The Israelites said to Moses, "We are perishing; we are lost, all of us are lost!
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And the people of Israel said to Moses, "Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
13 Everyone who approaches the tabernacle of the Lord will die. Are we all to perish?"
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Every one who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, shall die. Are we all to perish?"
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.